Around Town

May 11, 2006

SPRING FESTIVAL

Time to celebrate

Providence Mennonite Church will host a spring festival 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, 13101 Warwick Blvd. There will be crafts, baked goods for sale, a silent auction, music and games. Information: 249-2702.

ENDVIEW PLANTATION

Craftsman's fair

Traditional craftsmen in colonial attire will demonstrate the skills and trades of early America Saturday and Sunday at Endview Plantation, 362 Yorktown Road, Newport News. Workshops, food and door prizes will be available. Revolutionary War living history re-enactors, 18th-century ladies fashion, period music and the Fifes and Drums of Yorktown will be on hand. Cost: $8, adults; $6, seniors, children under 13. Children under 5: free. Information: 484-0872 or www.ColonialFaire.com.

GRISSOM LIBRARY

The Power of a Book

As part of the Power of a Book program series, the library welcomes Kara Keeling of Christopher Newport University at 7 p.m. Tuesday at 366 DeShazor Drive, Newport News. Keeling will lead a discussion of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." Information: 247-8875. *